A very un-Patek-like open
dial aperture exposes an
entirely new flexible steel
component that now controls
the GMT indication forwards
and backwards.
RESEARCH AT
PATEK PHILIPPE
EVEN AS PATEK PHILIPPE CELEBRATES ITS RICH
HISTORY WITH THE GRAND EXHIBITION IN NEW
YORK, THE COMPANY CONTINUES TO CONDUCT
RESEARCH INTO CUTTING-EDGE WATCHMAKING
TECHNIQUES. AS A CASE IN POINT, WHILE THE
BRAND WAS CELEBRATING THE TWENTIETH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE AQUANAUT COLLECTION
WITH A MUCH-DISCUSSED 42.2MM WHITE GOLD
AQUANAUT, COLLECTORS THIS YEAR CAN ALSO
ENJOY THE NEW DUAL-TIME AQUANAUT TRAV-
EL TIME REF. 5650 (PATEK PHILIPPE ADVANCE
RESEARCH), THE LATEST RESULT OF THE AD-
VANCED RESEARCH INITIATIVE PATEK PHILIPPE
LAUNCHED FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TO CREATE
MORE EFFICIENT WATCHMAKING TECHNIQUES
AND MATERIALS.
64 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2017